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'This is a magnificent biography of an artist who is derailed by his obsession with place' --Pick of the Week, Edmund de Waal for The Times, 4 June 2011
'Campbell-Johnston's account is vivid, acute and firmly on Palmer's side' --John Carey for The Sunday Times, 5 June 2011
`Not just a good book, it is a perfect book. Its sentences sing like poems ... A book to read, and, rapturously, tearfully, read again'
----A.N. Wilson, FINANCIAL TIMES
`A brilliantly written book. Rachel Campbell Johnson brings a novelist's eye to the life of Palmer'
----Front Row
'Campbell-Johnston's account is vivid, acute and firmly on Palmer's side' --John Carey for The Sunday Times, 5 June 2011
`Not just a good book, it is a perfect book. Its sentences sing like poems ... A book to read, and, rapturously, tearfully, read again'
----A.N. Wilson, FINANCIAL TIMES
`A brilliantly written book. Rachel Campbell Johnson brings a novelist's eye to the life of Palmer'
----Front Row
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Shortlisted for the Biographers' Club HW Fisher Best First Biography Prize 2011 'A fine and sympathetic study of one of England's greatest artists' Peter Ackroyd
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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
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This biography is excellent and deserves a wide audience. Samuel Palmer is an intriguing artist yet it was a surprise to discover how ordinary his upbringing was. I have recently been reading about Romantic artists more generally and this is undoubtedly the best book yet that encompasses the age of the Romantics. Rachel Campbell-Johnston has an excellent prose style and adopts a light touch; yet she has clearly studied her subject in a scholarly manner, as acknowledged by the other reviewer. The book actually makes you want to find out more about the artist as well as seek out some of his wonderful paintings (more colour plates would be appreciated in any future editions - although cost is probably a salient issue). Overall, this is a thorough and skilful account of Samuel Palmer's life. If you want to immerse yourself in the world of a 19th century artist struggling to earn a living then there is probably not a better book to start with. Highly recommended.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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An outstanding biography of an artist who is still too little known. 'Mysterious Vision' is immensely readable, is never boring, and has a true feeling for its subject. In the last chapter the author compares Samuel Palmer to Van Gogh: both shared an intensity of vision, and sought to uncover a spiritual presence in nature; both were neglected during their lifetimes. For Van Gogh the rest is history, but for Palmer this wonderful book goes some way to redressing the balance.
28 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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Rachel has written a marvellous and enthralling book about a painter who is a minor genius and who deserves to be much better known. There is so much to admire in her writing - it is scholarly, never pompous or tedious and always well researched and enlightening.
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